TYPES OF COMPLAINTS BEFORE BANKING OMBUDSMAN

The Banking Ombudsman can receive and consider any complaint relating to the following deficiency in banking services:

•           Non-payment or inordinate delay in the payment or collection of cheques, drafts, bills, etc.

•           Non-acceptance, without sufficient cause, of small denomination notes tendered for any purpose, and for charging of commission for this service;

•           Non-acceptance, without sufficient cause, of coins tendered and for charging of commission for this service;

•           Non-payment or delay in payment of inward remittances;

•           Failure to issue or delay in issue, of drafts, pay orders or bankers’ cheques;

•           Non-adherence to prescribed working hours;

•           Failure to provide or delay in providing a banking facility (other than loans and advances) promised in writing by a bank or its direct selling agents;

•           delays, non-credit of proceeds to parties' accounts, non-payment of deposit or non-observance of the Reserve Bank directives, if any, applicable to rate of interest on deposits in any savings, current or other account maintained with a bank ;

•           delays in receipt of export proceeds, handling of export bills, collection of bills etc., for exporters provided the said complaints pertain to the bank's operations in India;

•           Refusal to open deposit accounts without any valid reason for refusal;

•           levying of charges without adequate prior notice to the customer;

•           Non-adherence by the bank or its subsidiaries to the instructions of Reserve Bank on ATM/debit card operations or credit card operations;

•           non-disbursement or delay in disbursement of pension to the extent the grievance can be attributed to the action on the part of the bank concerned, (but not with regard to its employees);

•           Refusal to accept or delay in accepting payment towards taxes, as required by Reserve Bank/Government;

•           Refusal to issue or delay in issuing, or failure to service or delay in servicing or redemption of Government securities;

•           forced closure of deposit accounts without due notice or without sufficient reason;

•           Refusal to close or delay in closing the accounts;

•           Non-adherence to the fair practices code as adopted by the bank; and

•           any other matter relating to the violation of the directives issued by the Reserve Bank in relation to banking or other services.

•           Deficiency in Internet banking services

•           Non-adherence to the provisions of Fair Practices Code for lenders as adopted by the banks or Code of Banks Commitment to Customers

•           Non-observance of Regulatory guidelines on engagement of recovery agents by the banks

Note: The Banking Ombudsman will consider complaints from Non-Resident Indians having accounts in India in relation to their remittances from abroad, deposits and other bank-related matters.

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